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so we're in alexandria, all right, and they say okay, don't be in alexandria anymore. be here. be in dc. so camera man paul starts up the truck. we head up king street, because that's the way you want to get to the gw parkway. alexandria city, they're doing a pretty good job down there. we talked to carl pfeifer, he said they had 60 trucks on the road, and we saw them every time we turned around we could see one of alexandria city's trucks. but then, then we get out to the gw parkway and i've got to tell you. from alexandria all the way up, and we got off the memorial bridge. nothing. we saw not one snow plow on the road. we saw a bunch of them lined up at reagan national airport. but it was one of those dig your fingernails into the wheel and try to hold on to make sure you don't make any mistakes all the way up. so all of these warnings and i know folks this sounds like a cliche when you hear it over and over again, but it's true. we were at one point thinking maybe this wasn't a great idea. maybe we should have stayed in old town. but you know what was good? dc. we got into
so we're in alexandria, all right, and they say okay, don't be in alexandria anymore. be here. be in dc. so camera man paul starts up the truck. we head up king street, because that's the way you want to get to the gw parkway. alexandria city, they're doing a pretty good job down there. we talked to carl pfeifer, he said they had 60 trucks on the road, and we saw them every time we turned around we could see one of alexandria city's trucks. but then, then we get out to the gw parkway and i've...
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. > an historic find in old townn alexandria, a century's old shii found at a new hotel construction site. what we know about that rare find. plus a new alterative toe t cremation and a traditionall burial. how one company is helping the deceased become one with the t earth. fox5 local news at 11 will be right back. ♪ ♪ watching tvs get sharper, you've had it tough. bigger, smugger. and you? rubbery buttons. enter the x1 voice remote. now when someone says... show me funny movies. watch discovery. record this. voila. remotes, come out from the cushions, you are back. the x1 voice remote is here. welcome back. fox in is in prince william w unity where robber have hit nearly a dozen 7/eleven stores.n the suspects are still out there.ere. fox5's tisha lewis reports. >>reporter: to be honest, if ih were to see it, i would probably do my best to stop it. police don't recommend dale city resident craig concerning saidci he'd go up against a robber. r a 7/eleven manager told me off camera only $35 was in the cash register, but that hasn't stopped a string of stickups in prince william s
. > an historic find in old townn alexandria, a century's old shii found at a new hotel construction site. what we know about that rare find. plus a new alterative toe t cremation and a traditionall burial. how one company is helping the deceased become one with the t earth. fox5 local news at 11 will be right back. ♪ ♪ watching tvs get sharper, you've had it tough. bigger, smugger. and you? rubbery buttons. enter the x1 voice remote. now when someone says... show me funny movies. watch...
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witnesses say people were collapsing on treadmills at an alexandria gym. it turns out members were exposed to carbon monoxide. tisha lewis spoke with one of the victims and joins us live tonight at 11:00 from alexandria with more on her exclusive. tisha? >> reporter: you know what? space heaters and oevenls used the wrong way during the winter months are the most common causes of exposure to carbon monoxide. a packed gym, working out, getting a head start on the new year's resolutions is likely the least common but it did happen here at x-sport and fitness. at least a dozen were exposed to carbon monoxide. >> i started getting light-headed and i thought i was the preworkout kicking in. i looked over to my left and a gentleman literally just collapsed. literally collapsed off of the machine. >> reporter: it was saturday morning an x-sport fitness was packed with people and carbon monoxide. >> i hear my girlfriend yelling my name. as i turn around and look, she's literally falling back on the pillar bracing herself to not fall all the way down on the floor.
witnesses say people were collapsing on treadmills at an alexandria gym. it turns out members were exposed to carbon monoxide. tisha lewis spoke with one of the victims and joins us live tonight at 11:00 from alexandria with more on her exclusive. tisha? >> reporter: you know what? space heaters and oevenls used the wrong way during the winter months are the most common causes of exposure to carbon monoxide. a packed gym, working out, getting a head start on the new year's resolutions is...
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it makes you oner what else is hidden underneath our ground here. > alexandria's arc gists says is to get the ship in water so it remains preserved. from there they'll figure out where it came from. they use those to backfill and build up the waterfront. it was a bill of filler then at the time. > very cool. you're talking about cold can weather. do you want to hear what i did. >> i couldn't figure out why my bedroom was so cold. i left my ac on from christmas. my bedroom was 58. i'm glad you made it into work. >> yes. > we're going to refreeze you overnight because we're going to be getting just as cold. we do know that we've stitched the big winds. i wanted to just show you, to give you a peak as we look life over a very cold d.c. tonight. this morning was the coldest temperature we've had in d.c. since march 6. and that was a time in which we had snow on the ground. so it's really unusual to get down to 16-degrees without the benefit of snow cover. our normal low temperature is 29-degrees and of course we're coming into this after this record warm december that we've had and a pret
it makes you oner what else is hidden underneath our ground here. > alexandria's arc gists says is to get the ship in water so it remains preserved. from there they'll figure out where it came from. they use those to backfill and build up the waterfront. it was a bill of filler then at the time. > very cool. you're talking about cold can weather. do you want to hear what i did. >> i couldn't figure out why my bedroom was so cold. i left my ac on from christmas. my bedroom was 58....
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he was working as a bus aide in alexandria. >>> walmart announced it is closing 269 stores worldwide. half are in the u.s. locally the retail giant also announced it is backing out of a major deal with the district. walmart will not move forward with plans to build two new stores east of the anacostia river. as you might imagine, city leaders are not happy. >> we're going to look at all of our legal options in regards to walmart's apparent decision to pull out. there is no doubt that the district of columbia relied upon upon the representations and the course of conduct with respect to walmart, to proceed with the deal. >> dc mayor muriel bowser says the city will try to make walmart accountable for breaking the deal, it will explore other options to fill that retail space. >> a tree house is sparking a major debate in dc's historic capitol hill neighborhood. the owner of the tree house built some strict rules when they built the structure. tisha lewis joins us with the story. >> reporter: as you can see this is far from your typical tree house. but beyond those aesthetics, neighbors
he was working as a bus aide in alexandria. >>> walmart announced it is closing 269 stores worldwide. half are in the u.s. locally the retail giant also announced it is backing out of a major deal with the district. walmart will not move forward with plans to build two new stores east of the anacostia river. as you might imagine, city leaders are not happy. >> we're going to look at all of our legal options in regards to walmart's apparent decision to pull out. there is no doubt...
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number one, give it up foror alexandria ovechkin tonightan against the senators, ov with goal number 500. yes, that is too many men out oo the ice, but the nhl is going to let it slide for the shell bracing. and he had 5301.301 proving not all news today is to bad news in d.c. sports. good to see -- what he's like 30? he did it in record time. he was very happy about it. i there's some good news. we like that. thank you, jim. we'll be right back. star wars, the force awakens keeps raking in the big bucks at the box office and there's ahere good reason. it held onto the top spot during its fourth weekend in theatersha earning more than $141 million. the survival film stark leonardn decap row earning a 38 million. daddy's home came in third. police in portland, organ are investigating an unusual theft. theying look are for a guy who stole a 2-foot long python from a pet store last friday.frid but it's how he stole it hast people shaking their head. you can see the man standing outside, he reaches in and quickly drops the sunoco owe are we going to see this? in h his pants. seriously. w
number one, give it up foror alexandria ovechkin tonightan against the senators, ov with goal number 500. yes, that is too many men out oo the ice, but the nhl is going to let it slide for the shell bracing. and he had 5301.301 proving not all news today is to bad news in d.c. sports. good to see -- what he's like 30? he did it in record time. he was very happy about it. i there's some good news. we like that. thank you, jim. we'll be right back. star wars, the force awakens keeps raking in the...
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, arlington, loudon, principles williams, culpeper, fox jar and stafford counties in virginia, also alexandria, manassas city and manassas park. in maryland, montgomery county, howard, charles and calvert and st. mary's. prince charles county schools already had a scheduled day off. i believe frederick county schools also had a scheduled day off. as we count down to the blizzard our fox5 crews have you cover. let's start things with sue palka. >> first of all a big bravo to the federal government for making sure everybody is heading home by noon tomorrow. i am so happy to hear that because we do expect this to get underway tomorrow afternoon maybe three and 5:00, but it will quickly accumulate and things will go downhill in a big hurry. so great advice for you to be home and honkerred down by the noon hour or a little after that. here is the very latest. we are continuing to monitor all the winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings. if you haven't seen this yet, look at how much real estate is covered. this thing is going to cover a powerful punch. there is no exception in that night as we l
, arlington, loudon, principles williams, culpeper, fox jar and stafford counties in virginia, also alexandria, manassas city and manassas park. in maryland, montgomery county, howard, charles and calvert and st. mary's. prince charles county schools already had a scheduled day off. i believe frederick county schools also had a scheduled day off. as we count down to the blizzard our fox5 crews have you cover. let's start things with sue palka. >> first of all a big bravo to the federal...
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in virginia, alexandria city, arlington county, culpeper county, falls county, falls church, fauquier county, loudon, prince william, manassas city and manassas park. >> and in maryland, montgomery county, prince george's county, anne arrundel county and frederick county public schools all closed. you can find the complete list, including colleges and universities on fox5 d.c..com. > and that's where our life team coverage of the big digout. we begin with sue palka. it warmed up and the snow started melting, but should we be concerned about a refreeze. >> i think we're going to get a break. our temperatures are so mild. at 11:00 i saw reagan national temperature coming up by two degrees. probably not seeing a refreeze by tonight, tomorrow night a different story. i'm much more worried about what we may be seeing thursday morning. here's a look at temperatures right now. we got up to 51-degrees today. we're at 45 right now, the last hour 43. frederick, 36 that's the coldest spot on the map right now. a lot of places are still close to 50 south and east like leonardtown, stevensville. f
in virginia, alexandria city, arlington county, culpeper county, falls county, falls church, fauquier county, loudon, prince william, manassas city and manassas park. >> and in maryland, montgomery county, prince george's county, anne arrundel county and frederick county public schools all closed. you can find the complete list, including colleges and universities on fox5 d.c..com. > and that's where our life team coverage of the big digout. we begin with sue palka. it warmed up and...
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alexandria city. arlington county, fairfax, fauquier and frederick also loudoun and mannasas park city and prince william and spotsylvania and staff sglord never maryland frederick, howard, montgomery, prince sornlt youm coye all closed and following districts on a two hour delay tomorrow. charts county in maryland and call pepner virginia. you can find that full list on the web site at foxdc.com. >> will thomas out here live in north west let's talk about d.c. roads for a moment. if you commuted to d.c. many of you did because government office were on and schools on and it was probably tough getting into city. some cases may be twice as long, right, the commute back for many of you was the true nightmare. it was gridlock on many roads including this major thoroughfare. wisconsin avenue and some cases snow in lanes and crews working and let me give you a better look how bad things are. there's a camera on the tv tower points to the road here. you see an awful lot of brake lights. people were upset, c
alexandria city. arlington county, fairfax, fauquier and frederick also loudoun and mannasas park city and prince william and spotsylvania and staff sglord never maryland frederick, howard, montgomery, prince sornlt youm coye all closed and following districts on a two hour delay tomorrow. charts county in maryland and call pepner virginia. you can find that full list on the web site at foxdc.com. >> will thomas out here live in north west let's talk about d.c. roads for a moment. if you...
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. >> his name is steve he lives in alexandria. last year he went to taste of dc when he noticed the company wall had a beard trimming station. he joined the contest and you know what? he won. and that's a look at it. tonight we wanted to ask him what's the secret to growing a great beard. here's what he said. >> part of the whole process of letting a beard grow out is you have to let it go a little bit before you trim it so you can get it more even especially around the sides where for my beard that tends to be where the growth is the slowest compared to around the chin area. >> so he went on to say he plans to have the beard for the rest of his life. he says he will let it grow about another inch before he gives it a trim. >> a lot of opinions, i'm sure. check this one out. tony, at "good morning america" back in the day, he was on the big national show. i think that looks great. >> thank you. >> you had it at channel 5 for a long time before you left. >> you may already be a winner. >> i like your beard but i like what you're do
. >> his name is steve he lives in alexandria. last year he went to taste of dc when he noticed the company wall had a beard trimming station. he joined the contest and you know what? he won. and that's a look at it. tonight we wanted to ask him what's the secret to growing a great beard. here's what he said. >> part of the whole process of letting a beard grow out is you have to let it go a little bit before you trim it so you can get it more even especially around the sides where...
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dc public schools, alexandria city, arlington county, anne arundel. >> frederick count, mannasas city, mannasas park city, montgomery county. >> and prince george's county, prince william county, spatsle veinia and stafford counties. also a number of colleges and units have the day off tomorrow as well. we have the full list at fox5dc.com. >> many of you will be happy to hear metro service will be restored on all lines except the silver line beginning tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. metro is reinstating norm fares and parking garage fees. under the snow plan only the major roets will have bus servic metro access service will be restored at noon on tuesday. >> when it comes to your flights, airports are slowly beginning to restore service. crews are still working to plow the runways at national, dulles and bwi marshall. there were a number of delays and cancelations today and the airlines tell us it will be days before they can accommodate all of the passengers who have been impacted by the storm. remember it's not just our three airports but airports up and down the east coast. if you ha
dc public schools, alexandria city, arlington county, anne arundel. >> frederick count, mannasas city, mannasas park city, montgomery county. >> and prince george's county, prince william county, spatsle veinia and stafford counties. also a number of colleges and units have the day off tomorrow as well. we have the full list at fox5dc.com. >> many of you will be happy to hear metro service will be restored on all lines except the silver line beginning tuesday morning at 5:00...